The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s view of Huckleberry Finn is as follows: “You don’t ban Mark Twain- you explain Mark Twain.”. To ban a historic book such as Huckleberry Finn is to take a piece of valuable history away from the education of today’s youth. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one for the ages that transports a reader back to a time most people were never able to experience, and the diction/context of the book is essential for making this reading experience one that makes the reader cry, laugh, and cringe, even gives someone the feeling of uncomfortableness. Therefore, I accept the NAACP’s position because the book needs to stay the same to teach reader’s history that is uncomfortable to reader,
